2nd Grade - Easy Listening (Blue Vinyl)

2nd Grade - Easy Listening (Blue Vinyl)Ringing from hi fi headphones and blown out boombox speakers alike comes the overloaded guitar genius of "Easy Listening", a record of rock n roll daydreams and terminal boredom, and 2nd Grades long awaited second LP. Like a blue slushy on a hot day, Easy Listening is a sweet respite. Like the Blue Angels touching down on the Las Vegas Strip, Easy Listening is impossible to ignore. And like a janitor mopping up beer on the floor of the Hollywood

the bizarre sonics straining to burst through the shackles of form and expectation

Amos adorns the record with quaint country gestures—a full-circle artistic choice for Amos whose father is a veteran bluegrass musician

the follow up to 2020’s "i am gambling with my life

the pair decamped in Chicago

humor and audio verité

A 1977 David Bowie performance of "Heroes” on Top of the Pops

seeking to capture the raw emotion of the songs

while at others they reflect the dark marble sounds of Broadcast

With Antics

and keep moving

But there wasn’t a band around anymore to explain it

right and wrong